River Itchen · Avington Trout Fishery
Lake One
Lake One is a fishing beat on the River Itchen at Avington Trout Fishery. Day tickets from £100.
Pricing and season
Indicative prices only. This calendar does not show whether a beat is bookable or already booked out, and other prices may apply. Always confirm availability and the final price with the booking provider before you travel.
Price calendar
Fishing details
Lake One at a glance
- Rods
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- Difficulty
- Explorer (2/5)
- Length
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- Water type
- stillwater
Fishing methods
Fly methods
Lake One is the smallest of Avington Trout Fishery’s three lakes on the River Itchen at Avington, Hampshire: six to eight feet deep, and fished hard against a line of lime trees that shade the water right through summer. The bank beside the carrier has long been a favourite swim, and there is enough open ground here for a novice to practise a back cast without finding the trees behind. Fishing from the right-hand side gives the clearest view of cruising fish, since the trees on the far bank cut the glare off the surface. The bottom end of the lake, or at least the lower third, can fish particularly well.
Lake One is stocked daily with high-quality triploid rainbow trout reared on the fishery’s own farm, with brown trout introduced from late spring. There is no catch and release here: fly fishing only, wet or dry, single fly, maximum hook size 8. Tickets are sold by the fish, two for £100 up to four for £130, and every ticket also covers catch-and-release fishing on Lake Three the same day.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Lake One
Fly fishing only, wet or dry, single fly, no droppers, maximum hook size 8, barbed. Minimum leader breaking strain 6 lb. A current Environment Agency rod licence is required. All catches, including nil returns, must be logged at the office.
Amenities
Where Lake One is
Exact location is hidden at the owner's request. This beat is on the River Itchen at Avington Trout Fishery.
Approximate locationThe fishery and river
River
A Hampshire chalk stream rising from springs near New Cheriton, the River Itchen runs 28 miles through the Hampshire Downs, collecting the River Alre and Candover Brook just west of Alresford before turning west through the villages of Itchen Abbas, Itchen Stoke, Martyr Worthy and Easton, entering Winchester across…
Flies for this beat
Expected in October on the River Itchen
Typical months from the river’s hatch calendar, which applies along its whole length rather than to this beat. Not a live report.
Caperer
Sedge · #10-12
Kite's Imperial
Dry fly · #14-16
Daddy Long Legs
Terrestrial · #10-12
Sawyer's Killer Bug
Nymph · #12-16
The year ahead
Full calendarEvery hatch on the River Itchen and the months it usually runs.
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FAQ
Lake One FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Lake One, from tickets to tactics.
